Fall 2013 Lecture Schedule
Bio-229: Cell and Molecular Biology
Mondays and Wednesday 9:30-10:45 am, NAC 0201
Instructors:
Dr. Kamilah Ali (kali@ccny.cuny.edu)
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 11am-noon or by appointment, Marshak 516
Dr. Shireen Saleque (ssaleque@ccny.cuny.edu)
Office hours: Friday 11-1pm, Marshak 716
Course Schedule:
Date
August 28th
September 9th
September 11th
September 16th
September 18th
September 23rd
September 25th
September 30th
October 2nd
October 7th
October 9th
October 16th
October 21st
October 23rd
October 28th
October 30th
November 4th
November 6th
November 11th
November 13th
November 18th
November 20th
November 25th
December 2nd
December 4th
December 9
December 11th
December 16th
Chapter
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2
3
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4
5
6
7
8
9
11
13
14
18
19
21
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Topic
The Cell
Chemistry of the Cell
Macromolecules of the Cell
Macromolecules of the Cell
Cells and Organelles
Bioenergetics
Exam 1
Enzymes
Membrane
Transport Across Membrane
Glycolysis and Fermentation
Photosynthesis
Signal Transduction
Exam 2
Signal Transduction
Structural Basis of Cell Info
Cell Cycle, Replication, Mitosis
Gene Expression I
Gene Expression II
Exam 3
Techniques
Techniques
Cytoskeletal Systems
Regulation of Gene Expression
Regulation of Gene Expression
Cancer Cell
Review Session
Final
Textbook:
Becker’s World of the Cell 8th Edition
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Additional resources:
Syllabus, lecture schedule, and lecture slides are available on Blackboard site. In addition, the
Blackboard site will be used to post announcements and grades.
Tutorial sessions:
Mondays at 3 pm, MR 1005. Students must registrar on-line via the CCAPP office located on the plaza
level. Walk-ins ok, but strongly encouraged to pre-registrar.
Writing Center (http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/writing/)
The CCNY Writing Center offers one-on-one assistance for students working on writing assignments and
projects from across the disciplines.
Location: The CCNY Writing Center @ The Samuel Rudin Academic Resource Center, NAC Building,
Amsterdam Ave Plaza, 3rd floor South. Tel: 212-650-8104
Attendances:
Lectures and labs will begin promptly on schedule and latecomers are responsible for any missed
material. If you miss the laboratory due to illness or extenuating circumstances, please notify lab
instructor immediately. Unexcused absence from any lab will result in a grade of zero for that lab. If
need to switch labs due to approved excuses, you must obtain permission from lab instructor to sit-in
another lab section. Anyone with more than two absences from lab without prior arrangement will be
dropped from the course.
There will be no make-up exams for lecture or quizzes for lab. If you miss an exam or lab quiz due to
extenuating circumstances (a letter from the appropriate university official or a documented medical
excuse) your other exam/quiz grades will be adjusted accordingly. Unexcused absence from any
exam/quiz will result in a grade of zero for that exam/quiz.
Laboratory:
Always bring lab manual to the lab. It is essential that you read and understand the lab material before
each lab. Some parts of the lab manual have been eliminated or revised and instructor will notify you at
the beginning of each lab. Evaluation of your performance in the lab will be based on your participation,
the two lab quizzes, and two written scientific lab reports. All written lab assignments are due at the
beginning of lab. For all written assignments, a printed, typed copy of the lab assignment is due.
Electronic copies will not be accepted unless previous arrangements have been made with the
instructor. You may not copy any part of somebody else’s written lab work (this is plagiarism); this is
an automatic grade of a zero for the lab report and a report will be filed with the Office of the
Academic Integrity Official to document such cases.
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Laboratory safety rules:
Please read the laboratory safety rules carefully. Your instructor will provide additional information if
necessary. Anybody entering a biology laboratory must abide by these rules. Basic rules are as follows:
1. There is no eating or drinking in lab.
2. Must wear appropriate attire at all times. No open-toe shoes, hair pulled back, and legs covered (no
shorts).
3. All coats, purses, and backpacks must be stored under the bench or the entrance of the lab.
Academic integrity:
The CCNY policy on academic integrity will be followed. Document is posted on Blackboard as well as the
CCNY website (CUNY policy on academic integrity—link is at the bottom of the home page) or
http://web.cuny.edu/academics/info-central/policies/academic-integrity.pdf. Make sure you have read
the details regarding plagiarism and cheating, in case you are not clear about the rules of the college.
Cases where academic integrity is compromised will be prosecuted according to these rules.
Grading policies:
Lecture
Exam 1: 10%
Exam 2: 10%
Exam 3: 10%
Final Exam: 20%
Total= 50%
Laboratory
Lab quiz 1: 15%
Lab quiz 2: 15%
Written assignments (2): 10%
Participation: 10%
Total=50%
Final grade: Lecture + Lab= 100%
Letter grades will be assigned at the end of the semester.
The range of grades will be:
A range: A-: 90-93%, A: 94-97%, A+: 98-100%
B range: B-: 80-83%, B: 84-86%, B+: 87-89%
C range: C-: 70-73%, C: 74-76%, C+: 77-79%
D: 60-69%, F: less than 60%
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